Greg McKeown on Stepping into Leadership

The Intentional Advantage

Tanya Dalton

Productivity, 790708, Tanyadalton, Inkwellpress, Management, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Since this season has been all about strategies for success, I knew that I had to have on Greg McKeown for a conversation. Greg is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Essentialism, and founder of McKeown Inc., a company with a mission of teaching Essentialism. In this episode, we talk about what it really means to be an essentialist and the steps you can take to find out what’s truly essential for you. He shares advice for actively pursuing the things that serve you and renegotiating what doesn’t!

What’s In This Episode:

What it means to become an essentialist

Greg’s advice about the success trap that many people fall into

Discovering what doesn’t matter or serve you anymore

The importance of actively renegotiating in your life

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is the intentional advantage podcast with your host, Tanya Dalton, an entrepreneur, best-selling
0:09.7	author, nationally recognized productivity expert, and mom of two. This season is all about
0:14.9	strategies for success, helping you confidently step into leadership, purposefully, intentionally,
0:20.6	and mindfully.
0:22.2	Are you ready? Here's your host, Tanya Dalton.
0:27.6	Hello, hello, everyone, and welcome to the Intentional Advantage Podcast. I'm your host, Tanya
0:33.4	Dalton, and have I got a show for you today? As you know, this season we're talking all about
0:39.3	strategies for success. And when I was sitting down, mapping out this season, really thinking about
0:44.0	who would be an amazing, incredible guest? One name kept coming up, Greg McEwen. And I am
0:51.1	beyond thrilled to have Greg on the show today.
1:00.1	So Greg is originally from London, England, and he's the author of the New York Times bestseller,
1:05.8	Essentialism, and he's the founder of McEwen, Inc., a company with a mission to teach essentialism to millions around the world.
1:08.3	Their clients include Adobe, Apple, Airbnb, Cisco, Facebook. The list goes on and on.
1:15.1	Now, Greg McEwen is also an accomplished public speaker. He has spoken to hundreds of audiences
1:20.4	around the world, and he's also spoken at South by Southwest. He's interviewed Al Gore at the
1:27.0	annual conference for the
1:28.2	World Economic Forum. You can see why I was so excited to have him on the show today.
1:33.0	Now, he is an amazing writer, and the way that he speaks about productivity truly speaks to me,
1:38.9	and I know it will speak to you. His writing has appeared or been covered by Fast Company,
1:43.6	Fortune, Huffington Post, Inc. Magazine,
1:46.2	the Harvard Business Review, and he's been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows.
1:52.1	In 2012, he was named the young global leader by the World Economic Forum, and he's on the show today.
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